# Neal Shusterman — books assigned in US schools

**4** books by Neal Shusterman appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 4–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/neal-shusterman
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- power (2)
- ethics
- freedom
- identity
- justice
- mortality
- survival

## Genres

- Children's
- Dystopian Fiction
- Science Fiction

## Every Neal Shusterman title on file

- [The Schwa was Here](https://readinglist.school/book/the-schwa-was-here) _(Grades 4–9 · 2006)_
- [Unwind](https://readinglist.school/book/unwind) _(Grades 8–12 · 2007)_
- [Challenger Deep](https://readinglist.school/book/challenger-deep) _(Grades 9–12 · 2015)_
- [Scythe](https://readinglist.school/book/scythe) _(Grades 7–12 · 2016)_

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